an air gun. Some days later, the shooter was found and justified himself on the score of “doing some training with the new gun, without intention of shooting anyone”. Vicenza, Veneto, 26 July 2018. An Italian man shot a builder from Cabo Verde who was working across the street. He justified himself stating that he was “just taking aim at a pigeon”. Partinico Sicily. A migrant from Senegal got beaten up by some Italian men that were yelling “Go back to your country, dirty nigger”. Roseto, Abruzzo, 30 July 2018. An Italian-Senegalese man tried to renew his health card at a local hospital. Upon seeing him, a public employee refused to offer him service, going on to suggest that he'd better find more luck in a veterinary office. Pistoia, Tuscany, 2 August 2018. An immigrant of unknown nationality was assaulted by two men that were shouting racist comments against him. Falerna, Calabria, 14 August 2018. A Dominican citizen was assaulted and injured by a group of assailants that shouted racist comments against him. His Italian mother-in-law was also beaten. Partinico, Sicily, 14 August 2018. Four Gambians and an Ivorian citizen were beaten and assaulted by several attackers for racist motives. Mestre, Veneto, 19 January 2020. A 19-year-old student of Chinese descent was publicly spat on by a group of teenagers, who hurled insults at her and told her to "go back to her country". Colleferro, Lazio: 6 September 2020. A 21-year-old cook from Cape Verde, Willy Duarte Monteiro, was killed by a group of MMA students who had sympathies for the alt-right. The public outrage caused by this murder, had convinced the government to accelerate the process of increasing safety precautions in the Italian urban centres, causing updates to the Daspo Urbano (an order similar to Antisocial Behaviours and Criminal Behaviours Orders in the United Kingdom) legislation, which was nicknamed "Daspo Willy", in memory of the deceased youngster. Environmental racism Notes References External links Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on his visit to Italy 2007 CERD Concluding observations on Italy, 2008 European Commission against Racism and Intolerance — 3rd report on Lithuania, 2006 Italy